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Joe Hart says the ball is doing something
Wayne Rooney wants patience from Rice and Bellingham
Neymar on the bench again
Neville credits Cancelo for Ronaldo's double
Hakimi to stand trial after appeal rejected
Silva joins Madrid under Mourinho
Ronaldo drew with DR Congo
Mourinho's first Madrid signing: Bernardo Silva
Dzeko's last World Cup
Cole: England need someone to seize the match
Eriksen conscious after second on-field collapse
Real's €150m Alvarez bid rejected
Emiliano Martínez and the seven finals nobody is counting properly

Emiliano Martínez and the seven finals nobody is counting properly

Aston Villa won the Europa League with a goalkeeper who had broken his finger before kickoff. The story is older than that, and the English press still does not quite know what to do with it.

Guardiola leaves Manchester City, and the press loses its protagonist

Guardiola leaves Manchester City, and the press loses its protagonist

Pep Guardiola is reportedly leaving Manchester City after a title surrendered on the final day. The succession question is the obvious story. The more interesting one is what the English press does now.

Before the World Cup: The Three Stories the Press Will Get Wrong

Before the World Cup: The Three Stories the Press Will Get Wrong

Four weeks before the World Cup, three pre-tournament narratives I expect the press to get wrong. On record so I can be specifically wrong rather than vaguely right.

Out of the Room

Out of the Room

The blog has been built on a particular kind of knowing. Sitting in a room. Watching matches on screens.

Mbappé at Madrid, Year Two: The Press Got Something Right and Almost Nothing Else

Mbappé at Madrid, Year Two: The Press Got Something Right and Almost Nothing Else

One thing the press got right is that he scored a lot of goals. Almost everything else has been wrong. Mbappé in his second Madrid season, properly understood.

The Morocco-Senegal Aftermath and What It Says About African Football Governance

The Morocco-Senegal Aftermath and What It Says About African Football Governance

Two weeks after the CAF decision, the discourse has settled into three positions and none of them is helpful. The structural reform that needs to happen.

Morocco Won the AFCON. The CAF Just Said So. The Argument Is Beginning.

Morocco Won the AFCON. The CAF Just Said So. The Argument Is Beginning.

The CAF Appeal Board overturned the final today. Senegal will appeal to CAS. I do not believe this decision will hold. Here is the procedural argument.

What Algerian Commentary Did in the Final's Final Seconds

What Algerian Commentary Did in the Final's Final Seconds

Five different Arabic-language broadcasts of the AFCON final's final fifteen minutes. What the European audience never heard.

The Saudi League at Two and a Half Years

The Saudi League at Two and a Half Years

Past the three-year mark. The honest assessment of what the Saudi project has and has not produced, and what the European press still cannot process.

Regragui Resigned. The Press Mostly Got This Wrong Too.

Regragui Resigned. The Press Mostly Got This Wrong Too.

Regragui left two weeks after the final. The European press framed it as inevitable. The framing missed the point.

The Walk-Off and Who Gets to Decide a Final

The Walk-Off and Who Gets to Decide a Final

The European press is calling it embarrassing. The North African press is calling it a calculated protest. What the walk-off actually revealed about who African players can appeal to.

What Happened in Rabat

What Happened in Rabat

What actually happened on the pitch in the AFCON final before the discourse swallowed it whole. The moments deserve at least one piece of writing.